Backend Engineer

1. Proficiency in Python 3.x based web and backend development

2. Solid understanding of Python concepts

3. Experience with some form of Machine Learning (ML)

4. Experience in using libraries such as Numpy and Pandas

5. Some form of experience with NLP and Deep Learning using any of Pytorch, Tensorflow, Keras, Scikit-learn or similar

6. Hands on experience with RDBMS such as Postgres or MySQL

7. Experience building REST APIs using DRF or Flask

8. Comfort with Git repositories, branching and deployment using Git

9. Working experience with Docker

10. Basic working knowledge of ReactJs

11. Experience in deploying Django applications to AWS,Digital Ocean or Heroku

Responsibilities

• Technical Leadership & Architecture: Serve as a technical authority, define cloud-native standards, and own end-to-end system design for complex, distributed, and high-scale solutions.
• Engineering Excellence: Lead modernization initiatives, transition legacy systems to microservices, and ensure performance, scalability, and security.
• Platform & Cloud Enablement: Champion GCP-native services (GKE, Cloud Run, Pub/Sub, BigQuery, Cloud SQL, Spanner), influence CI/CD, and drive FinOps strategies.
• Mentorship & Organizational Impact: Mentor Lead and Senior Engineers, foster engineering rigor, and collaborate with Product Management to translate business strategy into technical solutions.

Required Skills, Experience & Background

• 12+ years of professional experience building enterprise-grade software systems.
• Proven experience operating at a Lead or Principal Engineer level.
• Strong hands-on experience with Java or another major programming language (e.g., Go, Python, C#).
• Deep expertise in microservices architecture, RESTful APIs, and distributed systems.
• Strong experience with SQL and NoSQL databases and data modeling.
• Expertise in cloud-native design principles (stateless services, scalability, resiliency).
• Strong experience building and operating systems on Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
• Proficiency with containers and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes, GKE).
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, Git-based workflows, and observability.
• Experience with Big Data and data engineering technologies (e.g., BigQuery, Spark).

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field (required).
• Master’s degree in computer science or related field (preferred).

Overview of the role

As a Node Developer you will be collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design and build performant modern web applications and services. Build high-quality web applications and services by writing clean and modular code.

Must have skills

• Overall 3-5 Years of experience in writing unit and integration tests to ensure the robustness and reliability of web applications and services.
• Measure and improve the performance of microservices. Catalyse growth within the team through code reviews and pair programming to maintain high development standards
• Investigate operational issues to find the root cause and propose improvements Design, build, and maintain APIs, services, and systems across Stripe’s engineering teams.
• Expert level of experience in the design and development of Web Applications, and highly scalable distributed systems.
• Should have experience in development skills using the latest technologies including NodeJS(fastify framework), Microservices, PostgreSQL, Redis, etc. Should have exposure to NoSQL and SQL development.
• Comprehensive knowledge of physical and logical data modeling, and performance tuning.
• Should possess excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively and productively with globally dispersed teams.
• Build high-performance teams and Coach teams for successful career growth.
• Experience working with relational and non-relational databases, query optimization, and designing schema

Desired Background

Bachelors/Masters Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology

 Senior backend developers

Minimum 5 years of experience 

Backend skills: MongoDB, Node.js 

Remote work available

(We prefer individual developers over agencies or IT providers)

Have an experience building backend server side applications in Node.js and Express.js

Have in-depth knowledge and experience of using ES6+ features and Object Oriented Principles

Have sound knowledge and are familiar with databases like MongoDb - (Preferred) and Mysql.

Have good exposure to cloud native technologies (AWS Lambda, S3, RDS, etc) 

Have working knowledge of version control (Git) and continuous deployment 

Have experience in optimising backend API’s and database queries for optimal performance.

You are good at problem solving and have analytical skills 

You are flexible in adapting new technologies and frameworks as per the projects needs